#CDAA42#CDAA42

#CDAA42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.127 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA42
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 1.55, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 56.38, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0004 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.127 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5371, 42.1243, 11.1489)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA42 #4265CD

analogous

#CD6442 #CDAA42 #AACD42

triadic

#CDAA42 #42CDAA #AA42CD

tetradic

#CDAA42 #42CD64 #4265CD #CD42AA

square

#CDAA42 #42CD64 #4265CD #CD42AA

split-complementary

#CDAA42 #42AACD #6442CD

monochromatic

#76601F #A6872C #CDAA42 #DAC072 #E7D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CDAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA42

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA42	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.127 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37c',
    500: '#cdaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa42;
$custom-light: #e0c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75027,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA42

secondary

#97A7D3

accent

#6DE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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